"Sorry about this nimrod," said the 8:30 Calvin to the 7:30 Calvin, as their 6:30 counterpart stepped out to use the bathroom before the trip back to 8:30. "You know and I know that the Hobbeses are writing the story at 8:30 as we speak – but there's no point in trying to explain that to him, is there?"
"Nah," said the 7:30 Calvin. "You'd never get an idea like that through his thick skull."
"My thoughts exactly."
There was a moment's awkward pause, then. "So," the 8:30 Calvin ventured, at length. "Read any good comic books lately?"
"Nothing you haven't…"
Disclaimer: Yesterday, today, and forever, Calvin and Hobbes is Bill Watterson's brainchild.
